LEADERSHIP

Through Ownership

Adapted from:

“Extreme Ownership” How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win,

Jocko Willink, Leif Babin

Leaders

• No Team - No Leader

• Effective or Ineffective

• Must confront failure, defeat, tragedy and successes

• No perfect leader

PERSONALWinning the Internal Struggle

Ownership

• Own everything

• Acknowledge mistakes

• Admit failures

• Develop a plan to win

• First Look in the mirror

No Bad Teams only Bad Leaders

• Tolerated vs taught

• Substandard performance becomes new standard

• Teams need a “forcing” function

• Train junior leaders to step-up

• Always striving to improve

• Face honest brutal assessments

Believe In The Mission

• To convince and inspire others

• When others doubt

• Regardless of cost and risk

• Operate beyond personal interest

• Resolutely

• Understand the “Why” – and it’s fit in strategic goal

Check Your Ego

• Clouds and disrupts

• Stifles sense of self-preservation

• Conduct honest assessment – self and team

• Personal agendas hinder success

• Humility

LAWSTeams can thrive during tough times

Cover and Move (Teamwork)

• Singular purpose

• Break down silos

• Independence is disastrous

• Each member is critical

• Remind team of strategic mission

Keep It Simple

•Plan

• Communication

• Complexity compounds

• Teams must get it

• Each member understands:• Mission• Role• Team strategy

Prioritize and Execute

• Remain calm / make ‘best’ decision

• Relax, look around, make a call

• Focus on the highest priority

• Execute well

• Plan a step or two ahead

• Maintain strategic picture

Decentralized Command

• Divide teams into 4-5 with clear leader

• Empower leaders (effective and efficient manner)

• Teams all understand “Why”

• Define limits of responsibility / authority – not disconnected

• Team leads proactive within limits – even w/o boss

• Clear organization chart

SUSTAINING VICTORYBalance of Leading

Planning

1. Start with mission analysis

2. Simple statement - deeper purpose of mission

3. Identify personnel, assets, resources, and time

4. Decentralize the planning - empower

5. Determine final course of action – simplest / best

6. Plan for contingencies

Planning

7. Mitigate risks

8. Continually check plan

9. Brief plans – Mission and Intent

10. Interact with team

11. Conduct debriefs

Lead Down (and Up)

• Team does not need excessive detail

• Communicate routinely with team – Roles and Mission

• Get in field - face to face

• Communicate the mission

• Look in the mirror first during failure

Lead Up (and down)

• Look in mirror first when communication fails

• Tell boss what you are doing

• Engage boss - push awareness

• Humility to understand bosses position

• Take responsibility for leading up and down

Be Decisive Amid Uncertainty

• Fear should not paralyze

• No perfect solution

• Decide with “partial” picture

• Gather information with realistic expectations

• Ok with educated guess

Discipline will equal Freedom

• Balance – recognizing an equilibrium

• Willing to lead and follow

• No ego – Not intimidated by team leaders

• Aggressive - not overbearing

• Calm - not robotic

• Confident - not cocky

• Brave - not foolhardy

Discipline = Freedom• Competitive / gracious

• Attentive - not obsessed with detail

• Strong w/ endurance

• Humble - not passive

• Quite - not silent

• Know whole team - no single teammate more important

• “Ownership” with “Decentralize Command”

Examples for Facilities Managers

• Mission Statements: • Make facilities become secondary to congregant

• Worship God thru Service

• Connect, Grow, and Engage (mission of church)

• Support Ministries at “Faith Church”

• Who are junior leaders – or Team Leads:• Weekend Crew

• Custodial Supervisor

DISCUSSIONWhat stood out to you in this lesson?

What will you improve on?

Final Thoughts –You can develop into an Effective Leader

• Willing to learn

• Humble attitude

• Disciplined practice and training

• Own your mistakes

• Admit the need and seek help

• Continuously grow

Reference

• Extreme Ownership How U.S. Navy Seals Lead and Win, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, St. Martin’s Press, New York 2015